A Tender Passion — Thea Lovan

HARD LESSONS

Sarah Bennett had learned that the price of her success as a fashion designer was a life full of empty spaces. But these were unexpectedly filled with a young girl's trust when she took in Ginny de Courcey, a ten-year-old runaway.

The way Ginny's uncle neglected the girl angered Sarah, but the feeling faltered when she encountered the seductive promise of David de Courcey's touch and the tenderness behind his smile.

Yet David's driving ambition was all too familiar to Sarah. A child's love had taught her how to live. Could she teach David the same hard lesson?